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theanyspacewhatever October 24, 2008-January 7, 2009

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Liam Gillick, theanyspacewhatever signage system (prototype), 2008. Aluminum. Installation view, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2008. © Liam Gillick Courtesy Casey Kaplan, New York, and José Noé Suro, Guadalajara. Photo: David Heald

PROGRAMS

FILMS

Rirkrit Tiravanija
CHEW THE FAT
Sundays at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Mondays at 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Friday, November 14, and Tuesday, December 2, at 8 p.m.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Tiravanija’s documentary film provides a perspective on the art of the 1990s through interviews with artists, including those participating in the exhibition.
 
Anna Sanders Films
Tuesdays at 2 p.m. (program 1)
Wednesdays at 2 p.m. (program 2)
Wednesday, October 29 and December 17, at 6:30 p.m.
Founded in 1997 by Pierre Huyghe, Charles de Meaux, Philippe Parreno, and the association of contemporary art distribution (Xavier Douroux, Franck Gautherot) in collaboration with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Anna Sanders Films brings a new language of imagery to cinema, creating a hybrid form between film and the visual arts.
 
Douglas Gordon
24 Hour Psycho Back and Forth and To and Fro
October 31, November 14, and January 6, at 10 a.m.
Deploying time as a medium, Gordon’s new iteration of the work 24 Hour Psycho (1993) slows down the 1960 Hitchcock thriller to a full-day cycle on a split screen installation, running the film both forward and in reverse. The museum will remain open through the night each time this work is shown. Visitors are invited to bring cushions and sleeping bags between 6 p.m. and 10 a.m.

 

LECTURES AND PANELS

Catalysts and Critics: The Art of the 1990s
Friday, October 24, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Columbia University, School of the Arts,
Broadway at 116th St, Havemeyer Hall, Room 309
 
Join critics, curators, gallerists, and collectors for this day-long session dedicated to the critical debate surrounding “relational aesthetics” as well as to the shared history of the artists featured in the exhibition. Participants include Alex Alberro, Claire Bishop, Ina Blom, Nicolas Bourriaud, Massimo de Carlo, Jose Falconi, Nancy Spector, and Andy Stillpass. Advance Tickets $10 ($7 members/students and $5 with Columbia ID); onsite October 24 $15 ($5 with Columbia ID); in combination with NY. 2022 $32($17 students, $15 with Columbia ID). Box Office 212 423 3587, M–F, 1–5 p.m.

 
24-Hours on the Concept of Time
Tuesday, January 6, and Wednesday, January 7, at 6 p.m.
Continuing non-stop for 24 hours this rich and polyvalent event organized by Nancy Spector and Hans Ulrich Obrist expands upon the theme of time—an interest central to the artists represented in the exhibition. Guests from a wide spectrum of fields and disciplines share their philosophical, sociological, economic, theological and aesthetic perspectives on time.

 

SPECIAL EVENTS

OPENING by Pierre Huyghe
Friday, October 24, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, November 17 and December 8, at 4:30 p.m.
Museum visitors are invited to a participatory event in which Huyghe transforms the Guggenheim’s rotunda to disrupt and disorient the exhibition experience.

 

WORKS & PROCESS

$30 ($25 members, $10 students). Box Office 212 423 3587

World Premiere of NY. 2022
Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25, 8 p.m.
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster and Ari Benjamin Meyers create an original work “about endings and last things” for the Peter B. Lewis Theater. Inspired by the iconic science-fiction movie Soylent Green (1973) depicting a disturbing vision of New York City in 2022, this performance will be accompanied by Staten Island’s Richmond County Orchestra (music director Alan Aurelia). Photography by Alex S. MacLean and costumes by Balenciaga complete the work.
 
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
NY. 2022 Installation
Tuesdays and Fridays, beginning October 28, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Peter B. Lewis Theater Mezzanine
View an installation version of Gonzalez-Foerster and Meyer’s performance during select hours.

Film programs made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Public programs supported in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Additional support for public programs provided by The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation, Inc.